Study on the treatment of dysmenorrhea caused by adenomyosis with floating acupuncture based on ultrasonic shear wave elastic imaging and red heat external imaging
Objective To investigate the treatment of dysmenorrhea caused by adenomyosis with floating acupuncture based on ultrasonic shear wave elastic imaging and red heat external imaging.Methods A total of 84 patients with dysmenorrhea caused by adenomyosis admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine from January 2021 to December 2022 were selected as research objects,and they were divided into control group and observation group according to random number table method,with 42 cases in each group.The control group was given conventional drug treatment,and the observation group was given floating acupuncture treatment on this basis.The clinical efficacy,visual analogue scale(VAS)score,COX menstrual symptom scale(CMSS)score,elastic characteristics measurement and infrared thermal imaging distribution were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate of observation group(95.24%)was higher than that of control group(78.57%),the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Before treat-ment,there were no significant differences in VAS scores between the two groups(P>0.05).At the first menstrual cycle,VAS score in the observation group was lower than that in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Before treatment,there were no significant differences in the duration and severity scores of dysmenorrhea between two groups(P>0.05).At the first menstrual cycle,the duration and severity of dysmenorrhea in the observation group were lower than those in the control group,with statistical significances(P<0.05).After treatment,the standard deviation,mean strain,equality and contrast of the observation group were lower than those of the control group,while the complexity,percentage of blue region,kurtosis,skewness,clutter,cor-relation and consistency of the observation group were higher than those of the control group,with statistical significances(P<0.05).Infrared thermal imaging distribution showed that the reduction of high temperature area and distribution in the observation group were better than those in the control group.Conclusion Floating acupuncture can effectively relieve the duration and severity of dysmenorrhea caused by adenomyosis,relieve the pain of patients,and have high clinical efficacy and safety.